Charmaine Schmermund

24-7-CWS | February 14, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) is implementing the Commercial Vessel Safety Program as a part of the 2019 Mississippi Bonnet Carré Fisheries Disaster Recovery Program. The Commercial Vessel Safety Program is a reimbursement program for Mississippi resident commercial fishermen who held a valid commercial fishing

24-6-CWS | January 31, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – Beginning February 1, 2024, it will be mandatory for Mississippi anglers to obtain a Recreational Offshore Landing Permit (ROLP) to possess any reef fish species which includes any species of snapper, amberjack, grouper, hind, triggerfish and Cobia in Mississippi waters. Gray (Mangrove) Snapper may be harvested North

24-5-CWS | January 17, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources certified a youth state fishing record using conventional tackle for the month of January.   Margaret Schindler, 14, of Diamondhead set the record for Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura) with a fish weighing 3.2 ounces.   Photo courtesy MS Department of Marine

24-4-CWS | January 15, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, January 16, in Biloxi.   The meeting begins at 11 a.m. and will be held at the Bolton State Building in the first-floor auditorium. The meeting will broadcast live on the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ YouTube

24-3-CWS | January 12, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Advisory Commission on Marine Resources will meet Tuesday, January 16, in Biloxi.   The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and will be held at the Bolton State Building in the first-floor auditorium. The meeting will broadcast live on the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ YouTube

24-2-CWS | January 11, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – Working cooperatively with commercial and recreational crab fishermen to remove derelict crab traps from state waters, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will conduct a crab trap closure for all crab traps in Mississippi territorial waters within one half (1/2) mile of the mainland shoreline from

24-1-CWS | January 10, 2024 BILOXI, Miss. – MDMR is currently undertaking a pilot study (MS Creel) to gain more detailed and accurate information on Mississippi recreational anglers’ fishing effort. Anglers are encouraged to participate, regardless of fishing activity, and can expect phone calls as early as this week.   Calls will come from a

23-44-CWS | December 22, 2023 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ 2024 Marine Information Calendars are now available at locations along the Coast.   The agency held a photo contest earlier this year, and those chosen are featured each month and on the cover, as well as on collage pages in the

23-43-CWS | December 15, 2023 BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources Hatchery Bureau made the final 2023 release of juvenile Spotted Seatrout into Mississippi Gulf Coast estuaries on Thursday, Dec. 14. A total of 4,000 6-inch Spotted Seatrout, raised in collaboration with the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory for